Rosemary Collins
Features Editor
Rosemary Collins is the Features Editor for Who Do You Think You Are? Magazine.
Recent articles by Rosemary Collins
Charity starts crowdfunder for free probate records website
Free UK Genealogy has announced a crowdfunder to raise money for a family history website offering free transcriptions of probate records
Ancestry adds over eight million Suffolk parish records
A major new collection of Suffolk parish records has gone online at family history website Ancestry
The best online special offers and discounts for family historians
Get discounts on DNA tests from Ancestry, MyHeritage and LivingDNA with our family history special offers roundup
BBC announces full programme of VJ Day anniversary coverage
Discover where to watch the BBC's coverage of the 80th anniversary of VJ Day
Don’t miss free access to The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
The comprehensive dictionary of British and Irish surnames, which normally costs £440, is free to access on Kindle
The amazing story of the 'unkillable soldier' who fought in three wars across 48 years and lost a hand and an eye
Julian Humphrys tells the extraordinary story of Adrian Carton de Wiart VC, the man they called the ‘Unkillable Soldier’
The best genealogy courses available now
Discover how to learn family history skills with our pick of the best online and correspondence genealogy courses
Ancestry to add 5.8 million Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire records
Family history website Ancestry will add a major new collection of 5.8 million historic Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire parish records
‘Millions of pounds’ lost to probate fraud, warns genealogist after list of unclaimed estates taken down
The UK government has taken down Bona Vacantia, the list of unclaimed estates in England and Wales, after a BBC report into probate fraud
The Great Plague with Rob Rinder & Ruth Goodman: What is it, and when is it on TV?
What is The Great Plague with Rob Rinder & Ruth Goodman, and when is it on TV?
New MI6 head's family history makes her more qualified for role, says Foreign Office after Nazi grandfather revelation
The Foreign Office has defended Blaise Metreweli after the Daily Mail reported that her grandfather was a Nazi spy in Ukraine
Millions of people alive today are descended from the royal family - here's how to tell if you're one of them
Are you descended from royalty? Here's how to tell
Josh Widdicombe unveils portrait of Tudor ancestor whose wife was mistress to Henry VIII
Josh Widdicombe unveiled a portrait of his 14x great grandfather William Carey at Hever Castle in Kent
Josh Widdicombe on Who Do You Think You Are?: Everything you need to know
Comedian Josh Widdicombe discovered that he's descended from royalty when he traced his family history on Who Do You Think You Are?
23andMe fined £2.31 million for ‘profoundly damaging’ data breach
23andMe has been fined by the Information Commissioner's Office as the former CEO put in a bid to buy it
ONS recommends census should go ahead in 2031
The ONS has confirmed that the census should go ahead in 2031 despite earlier proposals to abolish it
When is Long Lost Family: Born Without Trace next on TV?
Everything you need to know about the moving new series of Long Lost Family: Born Without Trace
Your chance to nominate your inspiring female ancestor for a blue plaque
Ancestry and Historic England are inviting members of the public to nominate female ancestors to receive a blue plaque
When is DNA Journey next on TV?
Don't miss the new series of ITV's DNA Journey
Diane Morgan discovers her forebear was "a bit of a hussy" on Who Do You Think You Are?
Philomena Cunk actor Diane Morgan traced her family history in Bolton, Germany and Scotland on Who Do You Think You Are?
Get the perfect Father’s Day present with this incredible DNA test offer
Ancestry is selling its DNA tests at prices starting at just £49 for Father's Day
Did your ancestor take part in a riot against the closure of an abbey in Kent?
English Heritage is seeking to trace the descendants of the men who took part in a riot against the closure of Bayham Abbey 500 years ago
Will Young discovers his "very, very remarkable" grandfather's ordeal in the 'Great Escape' prison camp
Will Young discovered his grandfather's ordeal in the Second World War on Who Do You Think You Are?
Fred Sirieix discovers his grandparents' 'extraordinary' WW2 love story on Who Do You Think You Are?
First Dates maître d' Fred Sirieix traced his family through the history of France on Who Do You Think You Are?